Importance of Public Education Priorities for state leaders and the Legislature: Expanding the number of charter schools (August 2024)

Importance of Public Education Priorities for state leaders and the Legislature: Expanding the number of charter schools (August 2024)

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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools."
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Extremely important16%
Very important20%
Somewhat important21%
Not very important15%
Not important17%
Don't know/No opinion12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Extremely important15%11%17%
Very important16%9%25%
Somewhat important13%28%26%
Not very important20%9%12%
Not important26%28%7%
Don't know/No opinion10%15%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Extremely important4%20%18%
Very important6%20%18%
Somewhat important11%21%12%
Not very important27%16%18%
Not important39%12%26%
Don't know/No opinion13%11%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Extremely important17%10%20%
Very important21%25%27%
Somewhat important27%29%24%
Not very important11%17%10%
Not important6%7%7%
Don't know/No opinion18%11%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Extremely important13%12%20%
Very important14%22%23%
Somewhat important13%21%25%
Not very important19%16%12%
Not important31%15%8%
Don't know/No opinion9%14%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Extremely important9%12%19%
Very important14%13%15%
Somewhat important15%11%13%
Not very important24%23%10%
Not important27%32%34%
Don't know/No opinion11%9%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Extremely important12%17%28%
Very important15%28%23%
Somewhat important30%23%25%
Not very important17%14%6%
Not important11%8%6%
Don't know/No opinion15%10%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely important15%21%15%
Very important18%26%23%
Somewhat important22%20%18%
Not very important14%11%19%
Not important19%14%13%
Don't know/No opinion11%9%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Extremely important16%16%
Very important23%17%
Somewhat important25%17%
Not very important12%17%
Not important14%19%
Don't know/No opinion9%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Extremely important16%17%13%
Very important26%17%17%
Somewhat important20%21%21%
Not very important13%16%16%
Not important12%20%18%
Don't know/No opinion13%10%15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely important18%19%10%19%
Very important27%19%18%19%
Somewhat important24%24%18%18%
Not very important13%12%18%15%
Not important10%13%22%18%
Don't know/No opinion8%12%14%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely important21%18%14%17%14%14%
Very important19%26%15%17%21%17%
Somewhat important14%22%19%23%21%17%
Not very important14%11%15%17%15%21%
Not important11%9%16%13%21%30%
Don't know/No opinion21%13%21%12%7%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely important23%10%11%13%
Very important27%20%15%8%
Somewhat important19%29%19%7%
Not very important13%16%20%15%
Not important9%11%26%43%
Don't know/No opinion9%14%10%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Below is a list of potential priorities for state leaders and the Legislature to address in the K-12 public education system in Texas. How important do you think it is to address each of the following during the next legislative session in 2025? Expanding the number of charter schools." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Extremely important24%13%9%22%
Very important26%21%11%17%
Somewhat important25%23%10%20%
Not very important9%17%21%11%
Not important5%15%39%12%
Don't know/No opinion11%12%10%18%

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